Ivan Toney made a famous tweet to mock Arsenal after Brentford beat the Gunners at the start of last season.
That made him one of the enemies of the club’s fans, and now he has to keep playing well against them or face being mocked himself.
The Bees have been one of the finest promoted sides in recent years and they continue to improve.
When Arsenal faced them this afternoon, the Gunners would have expected a tough match.
Mikel Arteta’s men looked prepared for battle, and they emerged victorious from the game.
Fresh from earning his first England call-up, Toney would have been keen to impress the national team gaffer and probably score a goal against the Gunners.
However, he couldn’t get one, and Gooners mocked him from the stands.
Arsenal correspondent Charles Watts tweeted after the game that Arsenal fans were chatting: “Ivan Toney, a stroll in the park”
Just Arsenal Opinion
Toney has made himself one player Arsenal fans love to hate and the Englishman knows it.
After his comments last season, he now has to perform well anytime he faces them to silence the fans.
He struggled in this game, and he will hope for better performances after the international break.
maybe we shouldn’t be mocking him but courting him, lad is top quality and has all the attributes of top class CF, if he doesn’t get snapped up soon I think we should be sending roses and flowers to his agent
I agree…though he woukdnt start at present for Arsenal.
If Nketiah hadnt extended I think he would have been ideal
I think Toney, like most other premier league forwards, is very good when he gets the service.
But we cut off his service in this game, and he was made to look quite ordinary.
Today, against Brentford, we had a Partey, and consequently enjoyed a well deserved victory.
Partey so crucial to us.
Xhaka so good.
Fabio a revelation
The game was so fantastic and nice, arsenal is increasing their chances of winning trophy this season,l hope Mikel will bring more formidable players into club to make arsenal more tough and focus.
Eddie is without a doubt one of the most under rated players in England when you track this guys goal to playing time ratio that is unbelievable in itself but to me when you look at the amount of times he gets himself into positions to score that is even more impressive. He was unlucky today but again great cameo.
On the whole today was a massive team performance and the fight we are seeing in this team is really really top notch
Everyone seems onboard with the goal
We know got something special happening this season when the fans were clapping approval of the team effort even when we lost to Manchester and these dottish football pundits are actually eating their words lol
Great result. Toney is good though but yesterday Arsenal were excellent.